Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-29
1 CYCLONE
The Town of Blossom Prairie Visited
Bya Big BIOw--The Damage
Placed at $4,000.
Three People Killed and Several
Wounded in ATkansas-A Total
Wreck in Track of the Cyclone.
. Hail and Wind Storm From Kansas De
vsstates the Country Around Nevada,
MO-Moro ID. aths Reported.
IN TEXAS.


BLOSSOM PRAIRIE, TEX, April22 .-Just
st $3.50 O'Clock this morning a cyclone
struck our town doing considerable
damage. 1t came from 8 sou hwestern
direction. 1t completely demolished Ryan
( Co Is seed house, and moved r. San
sings dwelling, an eight-roOm structure,
shout ten feet. All the family were IN
the house. No one was hurt. The esti-
mate Of damage is as follows: R. Sansing,
dwelling, 5000; Brewer & Sansing,
store-bouse, $3.50; Thomas Moody
Co., $500; II / Bryan &
Co., $50; Hancock & Bryan, $3.50;
F. B. Brantly, saloon, $500; A. NJ. Hars-
way, two stores, $500; eagle, gin and
mill. $500; RI & Co, seed.house, $500;
EdByrd, store house, $3.50; A. NJ. Hara-
way, barn, 500; Norwood Moore & Co.,
stgck, 500; other damages to fences and
ont houses, $500.
N ARKANSAS.
LITTLE Rock, ARK, April 22.-AbOut
O'Clock this morning g tornado Orlgl-
Mating in the Indian Territory and moving
due east. passed through the country
four miles north Of the line Of the Little
Rock and Fort Smith Railroad. 1t was
between q quarter and half mile wide,
doing great damage to trees, houses
and fences. Farther east near Coal
Hill and GAINESVILLE, Johnson county,
the damage was very serious. Many per
sons were injured, and four miles from
GAINESVILLE joan Reeds child, G. D. Row
LEWIS daughter ana q child of Mr.. Pelter
were killed. A man named Phillips, near
Ozark, WAS severely injured by falling
timber The loss TO farmers in buildings,
FENCES, stock and growing crops Is very
heavy, but cannot now De estimated.
AROUND OZARK.
OZARK, ARK, April % Heavy wind
approached from several directions. The
currents met in this valley and passed up
the canyon east of town, where the funnel
appearance of a cyclone was first noticed.
The residence Of James Worthy, where
the funnel first struck the ground was
blown forty feet. He was badly hurt, bat
the family escaped by not being inside
McCourt's church was destroyed. One
dwelling near by was leVelled and
one member of the family was
caught between the timbers
and severely hurt. E. T Woodruff,
John Als3tt, Russell Num-, John Miller
j. A. McC0urts are the principal suff-r-
ers in this section. There was no general
fences and blooming orchards outside of
the track of the cyclone, while inside
everything is g total wreck.
IN MISSOURI.
NEVADA, Mo, April % "A heavy storm
which originated in Kansas, swept over
the northeast part Of this county last
night between and 9 O'Clock.
There were four persons killed outright
and several so dangerously wounded that
they Will pro 2ably die. The wind was
preceded by hail storm which did con-
siderable damage The hailstOnes
weighed from .hree to five ounces, and
some of them measured nine inches in
circumference. They crashed through
the roofs of dwellings and barns, leaving
holes through which mans arm would
pass with ease. Considerable Injury TO
stock is reported from the hail, but so
far as learned no persons were lDJuIed
by it. The storm entered this state
9 short distance from Fort Scott, Kan,
traversed q distance of nesrIy thirty five
miles, entering the country at point
two miles south of Schell City. The path
of the wind was thirty tOfOrty yards wide
and the tract was left deSOlate. The
damage reported to-day is as follows:
Dwelling Of c. 7. Whitfield blown down
Glen Hoods dwelling, two
story frame, was blown entirely
away Tle family were sleeping
on the first floor ana escaped with slight
injuries. Thomas KOOntZ's dwelling WAS
BADLY Injured, though not blown down.
Marcen BrOuse's dwelling and barn were
badly injured by hail. James Humble's
dwelling was destroyed. John RUyce's
dwelling was carried away
and Benjamin Royce was slightly
injured Lewis Humble's dwelling
was swept partially away. The portion
remaining caught fire and was consumed.
The husband and wife were blown some
distance and received some bruises. LeIth
Bros house and barn were badly dam
aged by hail. Perry Wilson's dwelling
was twisted from its position and
damaged by hail. Mrs. Curry's dwelling
was badly damaged by hail. L G.
SChraut's dwelling wss blown down and
mis- wife injured. 4 dwelling owned by
Frank Dum0el and occupied by Edward
TrOwe and wife and John FOw-
Ter was destroyed. No one
was seriously injured. house
owned hy john Davis and occupied by
Henry CLANCY was torn 10 fragments
Mr.. Chaney's wife and Mrs Hooper ard
children were asleep and the bed on
which they were lying was carried some
distance and broken 70 pieces,
but all escaped uninjured aside
from few scratches. George Chauey's
dwelling was carried away. Mr.. Clancy
was away st the time and his wife and
mother were there with three children.
When the storm was first heard they ran
out Of doors, but her daughter Mamie re-
turned 10 the house just in time to De
caught by the falling tim6eTs ana was
crushed 10 death. The fTeuZieG mother
pulled the mangled corpse OF her child
from the ruins.
L. Williams dwelling was badly dam
aged. The Bend school house was de-
m0ushed. +. NJ. ThOrnhiu's dwelling was
blown down. The home of NJ. J. Miller
was wrecked. Miller's infant son was
killed, and Miller had q leg broken in
TWO places, and sustained other
injuries. 1t is thought he will die.
Colonel L. J. Nichols dwelling was de-
stroyed. John Hsitt's residence was
blown down, Mr.. Haiti was killed and
his wife was stunned. She will probably
die. The body WAS blown some distance
and badly mutilated and bones broken.
The dwelling Of Mr.. Hudson was
blown down and, one of his sons had
an ankle broken. ThsdsVelling of Robert
Shun WAS blown away, and that
of Thomas Madison was badly injured
The dwelling of Thomas Hawkins was
blown away. Mr.. Hawkins wounds sre
considered fatal. One of their children,
one year old, was found 100 yards from
the haRse unhurt. D. O. Clements
house was destroyed. A grest many
reports have been received of minor dam